Local Shopping

La Maison Bois is less than 5 minutes walk from Montemboeuf (village website in French). A little working French village with a Spar, Boucherie, Boulangerie, Post Office, Bank and of course that French Village staple – a hairdressers!

If you need a supermarket

We all know how wonderful French supermarkets are, and fortunately, there is a very good one close to Montemboeuf. The village does have all the shops you would need for basics, but if you would like to do a bigger shop you would need to go to either E Leclerc in La Rochefoucauld (20 minutes drive) or Intermarché in Montbron (15 minutes drive).

Markets

There are a number of local markets that are worth a try. Montemboeuf has a very small market (usually a fish stall, cheese stall and fruit and veg) on a Thursday morning. Below is a list of a few others near by, although we can not guarantee that this information will always be up to date.

La Rochefoucauld: market Wednesday & Saturday (14km)

Piegut-Pluviers: market Wednesday (20km)

Ruelle-sur-Touvre: market Thursday & Sunday & (28km)

Saint-Junien: market Saturday (30km)

Angouleme: market every day except Monday (34km)

Chalus: market Friday (36km)

Mareuil: market Tuesday (37km)

The Festival

Every September Montemboeuf holds music festival in aid of disabled children, It is a fantastic experience and the whole village come alive with music and drama. There is all sorts of fun music and drama going on – how about a Frenchman in a kilt singing The Rolling Stones? The festival is more known for it’s Blues and Jazz, so here is an excerpt from the Chicago Blues performing at the 2013 festival

This video is quite long and it is in French, but it gives you an idea just how big and crazy the festival is.

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About La Maison Bois

La Maison Bois was designed and completed in 2015 by young British Architect Tom Kyle, in the quest to self build a sustainable, low impact, holiday home, in the popular and beautiful region of Charente.

The house is in the village of Montembouef and is within easy reach of numerous leisure activities, historic cities and is just 45 minutes from Limoges airport. It is a beautiful, self catering house with four bedrooms suitable for both families and friends looking to take a break from their busy lives.

Relax and unwind in its open plan layout. Sit out on the expansive south facing terraces and take in the uninterrupted views across the countryside. Explore and play in the large garden; pick the fruit, roll down the hill, hide among the trees or just enjoy the peace and solitude.

Jess, Tom and Molly

Check out our build blog to see how we got here

About Us

At the end of 2012, we decided that we would try to make our dream of building a house in France a reality. As Tom is an Architect this was a fantastic opportunity for him. We were both keen to build a house that was as sustainable as possible and wanted to use local builders and materials wherever we could. If you are interested in the design and build process for the house please visit our website at
lespetitesgarennes.com.